{"id":1317870,"date":"2020-01-23T18:05:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T01:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=992848"},"modified":"2020-01-23T18:05:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T01:05:31","slug":"new-castle-exploring-economic-potential-of-three-town-owned-properties-along-main-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/new-castle-exploring-economic-potential-of-three-town-owned-properties-along-main-street\/","title":{"rendered":"New Castle exploring economic potential of three town owned properties along Main Street"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The town of New Castle hopes to rejuvenate the west end of Main Street downtown by possibly developing a few underutilized town owned properties. Matthew Bennett \/ Post Independent <\/strong>
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New Castle\u2019s downtown plan states \u201clittle to no commercial, entertainment, or cultural value\u201d currently attracts pedestrians west of the Fifth Street intersection along Main Street.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, three town-owned properties situated along New Castle\u2019s main thoroughfare could be crucial to the revitalization of the west end of Main Street downtown.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those properties include an empty lot on the corner of Sixth and Main Street, the Kamm Lot at Kamm Avenue and Main Street and the old ambulance garage also at the west end of the Kamm Lot.<\/span><\/p>\n

At a work session earlier this week, council directed staff to bring on a real estate consultant to appraise the properties and discuss their marketability.<\/span><\/p>\n

At this time, the town has not made a decision as to whether it will hold onto the properties or sell them together or individually.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily 100% sales tax-driven,\u201d David Reynolds, New Castle town administrator, said. \u201cSales tax is always a good thing but then just rejuvenation of downtown is another key element.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Just one of the properties, the old ambulance garage, is currently occupied.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, that lease expires in May and before any new agreement is negotiated, council wanted to discuss its options for all three properties.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the downtown plan, which the town\u2019s planning and zoning commission adopted last year, \u201cthe town should promote buildings of at least two-stories\u201d in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, all three properties being discussed fall within the town\u2019s commercial district.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we could see is something that might have a commercial element to it on the bottom floor and then floors above could be residential,\u201d Reynolds said.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the downtown plan, residential density would add life to Main Street by generating foot traffic particularly after 5 p.m. and on weekends.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, residential use on second floors would likely make commercial space below \u201cfinancially feasible\u201d until a strong commercial market develops the plan outlined.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve explored this in the past and we want to be cognizant of the businesses already downtown,\u201d Councilman Graham Riddile said. \u201cBut, at the same, we want to continue growth down to the west end of Main. We want this to be a win for everyone involved \u2013 and we want to take our time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The town of New Castle hopes to rejuvenate the west end of Main Street downtown by possibly developing a few underutilized town owned properties. Matthew Bennett \/ Post Independent New Castle\u2019s downtown plan states \u201clittle to no commercial, entertainment, or cultural value\u201d currently attracts pedestrians west of the Fifth Street intersection along Main Street. However, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1317870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 04:08:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1317870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1317870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}